REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture will be sponsoring a collection for farmers wishing to dispose of unwanted pesticides from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Fulton County Ohio State University Extension Office, 8770 Ohio 108, Wauseon.

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 12 Ohio counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to three separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency emergency loans.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Executive Director Charlotte Schmachtenberger recently announced Wyandot County is authorized for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres outside of the primary nesting season. Emergency haying is permitted from July 16 through Aug. 31. Emergency grazing is permitted from July 16 through Sept. 30.

HARDIN COUNTY — The unrelenting rains this spring and summer have created many challenges that the farming community is now sorting through. In order to help with decisions, OSU Extension has created an “Addressing 2019 Agricultural Challenges” Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

COLUMBUS — Ohio governor, Mike DeWine Monday encouraged farmers in 40 Ohio counties to seek potential relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture following the USDA Secretarial disaster designation in their counties or contiguous counties due to rain, flooding or other weather conditions.

The featured speaker at the 71st annual meeting of the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District will be Dale Minyo, broadcaster for the Ohio Ag Net and the man behind the wheel of the brightly colored Ohio Ag Net Ram Soy Biodiesel truck.

Local farmer Don Worden and Worden Farms of Crawford County was recently awarded an America’s Farmers Grow Community donation, which he directed to the Crawford County Fair.

In addition to funds given to the Crawford County Fair by local farmer Don Worden, the recent recipient of an America’s Farmers Grow Community donation that he gave to the fair, local 4-H club, Liberty Leaders recently donated funds to help put siding on the dairy beef barn at the Crawford County Fair.

COLUMBUS — Ohio agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture physical loss loans. The Farm Service Agency offers these low-interest loans to agricultural producers in 21 Ohio counties, the primary damaged area, who incurred losses due excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds, lightning and tornadoes that occurred between Nov. 1, 2018 and June 13, 2019. Approval is limited to applicants who suffered severe physical losses only, including the loss of buildings and livestock. Applications are due March 2, 2020.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline to file crop acreage reports for agricultural producers in Ohio impacted by flooding and heavy moisture. The new Monday deadline applies to reporting spring-seeded crops to USDA’s Farm Service Agency county offices and federal crop insurance agents.